# Love, Death, & Robots (Netflix animated series) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** tv-shows-scripted, netflix\ **Created:** [March 16, 2019, 10:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-death-robots-netflix-animated-series/831222 "2019-03-16T10:07:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2021, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-death-robots-netflix-animated-series/831222/41 "2021-05-27T18:22:11Z")
Just a bump - another 8 episodes dropped on Netflix a few weeks ago. I’m about half way through, about the same quality as the original 18. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2021, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-death-robots-netflix-animated-series/831222/42 "2021-05-27T18:30:39Z")
I’ve seen the first two so far, liking the killer Roomba, didn’t care for the Ice one except the actual animation. The story felt very incomplete. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2021, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-death-robots-netflix-animated-series/831222/43 "2021-05-27T18:33:39Z")
None of the new episodes blew my mind, but the Roomba one was mildly amusing. ---
**Author:** ![Dark\_Sponge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dark_sponge/32/121_2.png) [@Dark\_Sponge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dark_Sponge)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2021, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-death-robots-netflix-animated-series/831222/44 "2021-05-27T18:45:16Z")
I just started watching the first season and I’m really enjoying it. I’m a little embarrassed to admit I had a literal tear-down-the-cheek moment at the end of “Lucky 13.” ---
**Author:** ![gdave](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gdave/32/3683_2.png) [@gdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gdave)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2021, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-death-robots-netflix-animated-series/831222/45 "2021-05-27T19:10:26Z")
Season 2 is _much_ shorter, and thus much less diverse in style and story. I thought overall it was significantly weaker. Not terrible, by any means, I thought almost all the segments were worth watching, but I didn’t think there were any real stand-outs in Season 2. Except _The Drowned Giant_, which stood out in the wrong direction. I guess it was supposed to be some sort of meditation on life and death and impermanence of being…or something? I really didn’t get what exactly they were trying to do there. Maybe it was just too “literary” for my tastes. One thing I will say, though, is that CGI animation of humans continues to improve. I was really impressed with some of the micro-expression work, especially in _Snow in the Desert_ and _Life Hutch_. There were still moments of uncanny valley with the movements and expressions, but we seem to be moving ever closer to CGI humans being interchangeable with live actors. I’m not quite sure how I feel about that… ---
**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2021, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-death-robots-netflix-animated-series/831222/46 "2021-05-27T22:23:20Z")
I finished the second season and have to say that I enjoyed them overall but was hoping for more overall, especially since the first season was 18 episodes. I kept getting this nagging feeling as I watched that I had seen this kind of show before and it finally dawned on me that this was exactly like Heavy metal magazine, which I loved. Sure enough, a quick Google search confirmed that this is basically an updated version of the magazine. > **[How David Fincher and Tim Miller's Heavy Metal Reboot Became Netflix's Love,...](https://www.ign.com/articles/2019/03/16/how-david-fincher-and-tim-millers-heavy-metal-reboot-became-netflixs-love-death-and-robots)** > > Tim Miller tells the story of how his 11-year-long quest to make a Heavy Metal movie turned into a new Netflix anthology series. D’oh! Now I want an updated movie; I think that could be epic with today’s animation technology. I have to agree that the animation is getting really good, in some cases I had to really pay attention, like Life Hutch. It’s also interesting how many of these stories are from some SF heavyweights like J.G Ballard and Harlan Ellison. Now they just have to do some Spider Robinson or William Gibson. ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2021, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-death-robots-netflix-animated-series/831222/47 "2021-05-30T03:03:25Z")
Laughed outloud at the best.christmas.short.ever. Kinda liked the killer roomba - The rest of them were rather mundane - well animated, some good ideas, but in general, nothing that memorable - but “all thru the house” was great. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2021, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-death-robots-netflix-animated-series/831222/48 "2021-05-30T03:15:20Z")
Nothing standout here for me. There were 2 that found me skipping to the end and one that had me wishing I had just before it ended. I thought most of the art was good but decry the lack of variations/styles. 5/10: no reason not to watch it but no reason to watch any of it again, either. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2021, 8:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-death-robots-netflix-animated-series/831222/49 "2021-05-31T08:37:18Z")
> [@gdave](#): > > Except _The Drowned Giant_ , which stood out in the wrong direction. I guess it was supposed to be some sort of meditation on life and death and impermanence of being…or something? I really didn’t get what exactly they were trying to do there. Maybe it was just too “literary” for my tastes. I think I have read that story it was taken from (basically all the narration was the whole thing) and what stood out for me is that, even though they set it in contemporary times, I didn’t think it reflected the way people would react to a huge actual giant washed up on the shore. It would be a manic frenzy of tourists and scientists and analysis, not an idle curiosity that was quickly forgotten about. Anyway, it was a very impressively pretty series. Though I suspect some of _Life Hutch_ was live-action and they refuse to admit it. ---
**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2021, 10:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-death-robots-netflix-animated-series/831222/50 "2021-05-31T10:42:59Z")
You may have been a giant in life, but as soon as you snuff it your works are picked over by lilliputian scavengers who quickly lose all awe, regard and then respect; mutilated, butchered, and distorted, and finally forgotten and misattributed when purloined fragments surface at all. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2022, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-death-robots-netflix-animated-series/831222/51 "2022-05-10T10:48:35Z")
Season 3 premieres on May 20th. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Xj2b0swdpX8/maxresdefault.jpg "LOVE DEATH + ROBOTS VOLUME 3 | Official Trailer | Netflix") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xj2b0swdpX8) ---
**Author:** ![cormac262](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f14d63/32.png) [@cormac262](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cormac262)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2022, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-death-robots-netflix-animated-series/831222/52 "2022-05-10T17:38:47Z")
Awesome ! I love this show. Thanks for the heads up. ---
**Author:** ![Kedikat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed655f/32.png) [@Kedikat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kedikat)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2022, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-death-robots-netflix-animated-series/831222/53 "2022-05-21T05:56:50Z")
Season 3 is so very good too, but the last episode of season three just stunned me. Amazing. Early into it I was already impressed. By the end of it I was saying out loud, this is amazing, with expletives. WOW! This whole series is worth my Netflix payments. A few have been merely enjoyable, the majority a cut above, and some, just on another amazing level. I hope Netflix continues the series and continues it’s level. I binged the season. I recommend doing that. It is not a continuous buildup to a crescendo, but gets you into a mindset that maybe helps to set up for that final episode? But that is just my personal taste. It may not be so wow for you. ---
**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2022, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-death-robots-netflix-animated-series/831222/54 "2022-05-21T21:53:38Z")
Is there a particular reason why they did _not_ name the show after Heavy Metal (maybe some behind-the-scenes background)? ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2022, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-death-robots-netflix-animated-series/831222/55 "2022-05-21T22:57:56Z")
I believe the story goes that it was originally made for Heavy Metal, then the deal fell through, so they went a more independent route to not waste all the time and money spent. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2022, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-death-robots-netflix-animated-series/831222/56 "2022-05-22T01:14:49Z")
I have three episodes left but have some notes so far. The head trip on Io felt very much like a Moebius piece crossed with Archer. Three robots had a way too predictable end. The cyborg bear felt like it should have had Bock Samson in it. A real Venture Bros. feel. The swarm was interesting but ultimately felt a little pointless. The Thanopod piece was very…Squelchy. And kind of predictable. I LOVED the miniature zombie apocalypse. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2022, 8:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-death-robots-netflix-animated-series/831222/57 "2022-05-22T08:50:55Z")
> [@DPRK](#): > > Is there a particular reason why they did _not_ name the show after Heavy Metal (maybe some behind-the-scenes background) Says Wikipedia; > [@](#): > > The project evolved from a late 2000s meeting whereby David Fincher and Tim Miller decided to make a remake of the 1981 film _Heavy Metal_. Announced in 2008, the project was to be produced by Paramount Pictures although Fincher and Miller had trouble getting the funding necessary for the project. According to Miller, after the release of _Deadpool_, Fincher called Miller saying “OK, so we’re going to use your newfound popularity to get our anthology movie made”, only to eventually decide, “Fuck the movie stuff, let’s just take it to Netflix, because they’ll let us do whatever we want.” ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2022, 9:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-death-robots-netflix-animated-series/831222/58 "2022-05-22T09:18:17Z")
Correct: I started watching yesterday in Germany, where it was shown to me as a sugggestion for the first time. My first episode was “Three Robots”, then “Beyond the Aquila Rift”, “Ice Age”, “Sonnie’s Edge” and “When the Yoghurt Takes Over”. I like it so far, I like the animations and the gratuitous nudity, that he episodes are short and there are some good twists. ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2022, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-death-robots-netflix-animated-series/831222/59 "2022-05-23T19:47:29Z")
Is it weird that I heard the Mini Apocalypse in speeded up South Park voices? ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2022, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-death-robots-netflix-animated-series/831222/60 "2022-05-25T18:42:25Z")
Wow on Jibaro. I loved the freaky way she moved and how the knights twirled and danced as they ran to their death. It really highlighted the madness of her scream. I feel like she was as much a harpy as a siren what with her “call” being a violent scream rather than a song. Also, I like that it was the deaf knight who first woke her up when he dipped his hand in the water for a drink. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-death-robots-netflix-animated-series/831222.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-death-robots-netflix-animated-series/831222.md?page=4)